Show tho the income of one minute A common form of tile the begging iette iett so BO sadly familiar to the rich men of america is that enclosed in a small lord fauntleroy envelope decorated avith a curious network of pot books and hangers the person iu in of such correspondence is able to reid read re id very nearly evelly woid of the missive with ills his eyes 1 I am ain a little girl twelve yeats deais of age trying to do what I 1 can call for the fresh air fund of our town and knowing knowin how very very generous you fire arc hut but how litany many people must ask you for money I 1 only y suggest you ailt t us have a balf of what nt your income amounts to for one minute your grateful little friend mamie P B eliat is the regular formula followed toy by the small girl as the opening of the envelope proves for the iden idea of getting a minutes worth ot of a millionaires income Is a favorite scheme in the begging letter earnest 7 gentlemen all working in the name of charity are fond of suggesting ing that the midas they address should give them it a full suit of clothing to raffle off for the benefit of the village tillage circulating library an eccentric damsel once sent a black slipper ol of her own to mr air george vanderbilt I 1 it promising it if it was filled with silver dollars for the aid of her free sewing society she would not ask any larger donation and deploring coquettishly that the slipper was only a number one when mr air Vander bilts dally daily post Is examined by the secretary and his assistant a very few of these remarkable mussli es are selected for tile the perusal a of their employer and the rest are i docketed and put away in a big box where such correspondence is oddly enough most carefully preserved |